Red Mile
22 Sep 2023Swarthos
Ah, the Red Mile... Only the boldest ever challenge this mile-long course, a hellish gauntlet populated by wild dragon beasts with a penchant for human foolhardiness. It's a place not for the faint of heart, a place for those with nerves of steel and a taste for danger.
As for me, I'm not part of the daring crowd who risk life and limb on the course. No, I'm more the lurker that hangs about the edges, keenly observing the goings on in the dark and cold casino of ill repute. I'm a lone wolf that lies in wait for the opportune moment to make a run at the Mile.
My days are spent sampling the chemical concoctions of exotic vices that fill the vapours in the air, hoping that the right combination will give the courage and strength I need when the time comes. Nights I spend gambolling about, networking with other participants and gathering details on the course for my eventual attempt.
If I'm to be honest, I don't expect to make it, at least not in one piece. But still I persist, doing whatever it takes to one day run the gauntlet, to be like those that I admire. I'm seen as gum on the bottom of a shoe or another piece of flotsam to be scraped off. But if I'm lucky, if I'm brave enough, one of my days will come and I'll be part of the legend of the Red Mile.